Theme 9: Science and space Flashcards

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la science

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science

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un scientifique

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a scientist

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connaissances scientifiques

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scientific knowledge

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un laboratoire

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a laboratory/ a lab

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centre de recherche

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a research institute

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la recherche, des recherches

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research

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un mathématicien

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a mathematician

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un physicien

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a physicist

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la physique

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physics

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un chimiste

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a chemist

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la chimie

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chemistry

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un produit chimique

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a chemical product

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un domaine de recherche

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a field of research

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financer la recherche

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to fund research

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le financement public/privé

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public/private funding

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réduire un budget

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to cut a budget

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une subvention

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a subsidy

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étudier qch

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to study stg

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un phénomène

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a phenomenon

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prouver

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to prove

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réfuter une théorie

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to disprove a theory

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émettre une théorie

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to put forward/ build a theory

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mettre au point

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to develop

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résoudre un problème

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to solve a problem

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analyser
to analyse
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faire de la recherche en
to do/carry out research in
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mener des expériences
to carry out experiments
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un cobaye/ un cochon d'Inde
a guinea pig
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un échantillon
a sample
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une découverte
a discovery, a finding
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faire une erreur
to make a mistake
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faire des progrès
to make progress
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un progrès
an advance
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un progrès décisif
a breakthrough
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une augmentation sensible de l'utilisation de drones
a surge in drone use
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ếtre qch qui change la donne
to be a game-changer
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engins aériens télécommandés
remote-controlled aircraft
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encombrer l'espace aérien
to clutter airspace
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la législation sur les drones
drone laws
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débris spatiaux
space debris/ junk
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l'orbite cimetière
the graveyard orbit
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s'écraser (sur qch)
to crash (into stg)
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l'industrie aérospatiale
the aerospace industry
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l'exploration spaciale
space exploration
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l'agence spatiale européenne
the european space agency (ESA)
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la NASA
NASA
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l'espace
outer space
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un téléscope spatial
a space telescope
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un observatoire
an observatory
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un fana de l'espace
a space buff
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la Station Spatiale Internationale
The ISS
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une puissance spatiale
a space faring nation
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l'équipage
the crew
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sélectionner soigneusement une équipe
to hand pick a team
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un astronaute
an astronaut
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un engin spatial
a spacecraft
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vaisseau spatial
a spaceship
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habité/ inhabité
manned/ unmanned
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une navette
a space shuttle
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réutilisable
reusable
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faire voler une fusée
to fly a rocket
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voyager dans l'espace
to travel to space
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une sonde spatiale
a space probe
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un robot d'exploration autonome
a roving robot/ a rover
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un satellite de télécommunications
a communications satellite
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télécommandé
remote-controlled
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transmettre des prévisions météo
to transmit weather forecast
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l'apesanteur
weightlessness
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faire une sortie dans l'espace
to spacewalk
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le tourisme spatial
space tourism
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un astéroide
an asteroid
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des ovnis
unidentified flying object (ufos)
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des formes de vie extraterrestre
extra-terrestrial life forms
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une aire de lancement
a launch pad
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lancer le compte à rebours
to count down
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décoller
to take off
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s'arrimer à
to dock with
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désamarrer
to undock
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entrer en collision avec
to collide with
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se désintégrer
to disintegrate
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faire un atterrissage forcé
to crash-land
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un atterrissage
a touchdown
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tourner autour de la terre
to circle the earth
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placer un satellite en orbite
to orbit a satellite
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prélever des échantillons du sol
to sample the soil
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cartographier la surface d'une planète
to map the surface of a planet
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futuriste
futuristic